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Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
April 9, 2018
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Location and Time: Cary Memorial Building, Robbins Room; 7:00 P.M.
Members Present: Charles Lamb, Chair; David Kanter, Vice-Chair & Clerk;
Sandy Beebee; Wendy Manz; Frank Smith
Member Absent: Rod Cole
Others Present: None
Documents Presented:
• Notice of CEC Meeting, April 9, 2018
• Draft #4 of Updates to & Errata in CEC Report to the 2018 Annual Town Meeting
(ATM)
• Draft Minutes of CEC Meeting, April 2, 2018
Call to Order: Mr. Lamb called the meeting to order at 7:01 P.M.
Discussion of matters related to the 2018 ATM, this Committee's Report to that ATM,
and the Town's Capital Program execution and planning—including approval of a
draft of an Updates/Errata publication to that Report
• Mr. Kanter advised the Committee of the decision earlier today by the Board of
Selectmen (BoS) to revise its position on Article 11, Westview Cemetery Building
Construction, to be to Move for Indefinite Postponement (IP). As this Committee had
been unanimously opposed to funding that construction, it was Moved and
Seconded now to recommend approval of IP for that Article 11. Vote:5-0
• The Committee discussed the Draft #4 Updates/Errata publication—with emphasis
on the supplemental text proposed to be the replacement under Article 22, Visitors
Center, to what was in that Report. That draft replacement was based on the spoken
report the Chair had given to the ATM when that Article was debated. It was Moved
and Seconded to approve that Draft #4 publication with the Chair and Vice—Chair
authorized to make any non-substantive changes. Vote: 5-0
• The Committee addressed that with the new position on Article 11, now the only
remaining Committee difference of Disapprove in our Report is with regard to
Article 20(f), Community Center Campus Expansion—for which this Committee is
unanimously opposed to any funding. While there is no indication at this time that
that sub-Article would be presented as being Moved for IP, as just done with regard
to such a change for Article 11, this Committee agreed to be on record about what is
its position if Article 20(f) were Moved for IP. It was Moved and Seconded that if
Article 20(f) were to be Moved for IP, this Committee would recommend approval of
I P. Vote: 5-0
• In light of the last vote, it was Moved and Seconded that if Article 20(f) is to be
Moved for IP before the last opportunity to have the Updates/Errata publication
received and placed on file at this Annual Town Meeting, adding that change in this
Committee's position on Article 20(f) is approved for inclusion in that publication.
Vote: 5-0
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Minutes of the Lexington Capital Expenditures Committee (CEC) Meeting
April 9, 2018
• The intent is for the Chair, at the April 23, 2018 Town Meeting session of this
ATM—or the April 25, 2018 session, if it is known to be one—to Move under its
Article 2, Reports of Town Boards, Officers, and Committees, for the
Updates/Errata publication to be received and placed on file.
Member Concerns and Liaison Reports
Mr. Lamb asked the Committee about having two presentations made to it. One by the
Economic Development Office regarding the Hartwell Avenue Zoning Initiative and one by
Jon Himmel, Chair of the Permanent Building Committee, on his initiative to develop a
capital—project stakeholder and funding sequencing that would, ultimately, be presented to
the BoS for consideration as a Town Policy. The Committee unanimously agreed it would
welcome those presentation and requested that the Chair coordinate such presentations to
be made at a future Wednesday meeting at the usual 7:30 a.m. start time. It was agreed
that could begin at a yet-to-be-posted meeting on April 25, 2018.
Approval of Minutes
Mr. Kanter presented the Draft Minutes of the CEC meeting, April 2, 2018, and reported a
correction to the text. A Motion was made and Seconded to approve those Minutes, as
amended. Vote: 5-0.
Adjourn: A Motion was made and seconded at 7:13 P.M. to adjourn. Vote:5-0
These Minutes were approved by the CEC at its meeting on April 11, 2018.
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